Lari, also known as Larestani (Persian: لارستانی‎), is a southwestern Iranian language related to Luri and Persian. The Lari language has kept strong ties with Old Persian.[3][4] The Lari language is derived from Middle Persian.[4] The Lari language has lots of words from Middle Persian that distinguishes it from modern Persian.[4] The Lari language has less Arabic influence than Modern Persian, which suggests that Lari descends from a purer Iranian tongue.[4][5] There are ergative structure in Lari verbal morphology, which is distinct from Persian.